14 April 2025

From Soil to Table: How Our New Garden Renovation at our Homeless Hostel Promotes Healthy Eating and Life Skills

Residents at our homelessness hostel, based in Octaiva View, are happily getting involved with our new garden area improvements. The aim is to not only improve their sense of wellbeing by creating a pleasant outdoor space and providing theraputic activities as they engage in the gardening process. But by teaming up with our in-house Cookery School, they can learn about healthy eating and gain some valuable life skills along the way.

Our recent garden renovations include a large raised vegetable bed, a herb garden (located next to the cookery school) and a pizza oven. With a BBQ and outdoor kitchen still to be...